A draft, his wife, his son and a man who pretends to come to a miserable lobero people of Abruzzo. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Sky Above Paris AKA Le ciel de Paris (1991) Michel Béna, Sandrine Bonnaire, Marc Fourastier, Paul Blain
Marc is in love with Lucien, who’s in love with Suzanne, who’s in love with someone else. Read More »
Violette & François (1977) Jacques Rouffio, Isabelle Adjani, Jacques Dutronc, Serge Reggiani
Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs, François starts to steal. Read More »
Murder at 45 R.P.M. AKA Meurtre en 45 tours (1960) Etienne Périer, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Jean Servais
Danielle Darrieux stars in this Belgian chiller as a songstress whose obsessively jealous husband suddenly dies. Read More »
Duel at the Rio Grande AKA Il segno di Zorro (1963) Mario Caiano, Sean Flynn, Folco Lulli, Gaby André
General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. Read More »
Captain Fracasse AKA Le capitaine Fracasse (1929) Alberto Cavalcanti, Henry Wulschleger, Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers, Charles Boyer
Capt. Fracasse, a down-on-his-luck nobleman, gives shelter at his estate one night to a troupe of traveling actors. Read More »
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1995) Marion Hänsel, Stephen Rea, Ling Chu, Adrian Brine
The film tells the story of a strange friendship between an adult, already on the return Read More »
Why (Not) Brazil? AKA Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004) Laetitia Masson, Elsa Zylberstein, Marc Barbé, Bernard Le Coq
A film director, whose career is going downhill, reluctantly decides to adapt Read More »
Saint-Tropez Blues (1961) Marcel Moussy, Marie Laforêt, Jacques Higelin, Pierre Michaël
Anne-Marie goes south with her childhood friend Jean-Paul instead of hitting the books at home. Read More »
Last Tango in Paris (1972) Bernardo Bertolucci, Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi
A young Parisian woman begins a sordid affair with a middle-aged American businessman Read More »
Alice in Wonderland (1949) Dallas Bower, Stephen Murray, Ernest Milton, Pamela Brown
This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll’s 1865 classic features Read More »
White on White AKA Blanco en Blanco (2019) Théo Court, Alfredo Castro, Lola Rubio, Lars Rudolph
A wedding photographer becomes overly intrigued by a young bride-to-be. Read More »
The Trump Card AKA Dernier Atout (1942) Jacques Becker, Mireille Balin, Raymond Rouleau, Pierre Renoir
A man is shot In the hotel of an imaginary South American country. Read More »
Edward and Caroline AKA Édouard et Caroline (1951) Jacques Becker, Daniel Gélin, Anne Vernon, Elina Labourdette
Edouard is a pianist, married with Caroline. This evening, they are invited to Claude’s. Read More »
Tess (1979) Roman Polanski, Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson
Wessex County, England during the Victorian era. Christian values dominate what are social mores. Read More »